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Daily Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1870), 1885-06-09

Daily Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1870), 1885-06-09 page 1

VOL. XLVI. NO. 136. COLUMBUS. TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 9, 1885. ESTABLISHED 1811, THE STATE CONVENTION. PREPARING TO NAME THE WINNER. far a Big (la at th. CI img Cmnta Clark Caanty Take a foaasl Oeaeval STatea Specif t th. Ohio Btat. Journal. SpaiitoriaxD, O., June 8. We have all, of course, bad oar joke about the Republican state convention being held in Springfield, but, coming down now to hard facta, it is certain that no each royal preparations were ever before made to entertain a state convention as the Champion City baa been making and still continues . to make. - There will be no fault found so far as the meeting; place of the convention is concerned. The splendid wigwam, which has been constructed and decorated at an expense of more than $2000, . will hold nearly twice as many people as n nnm.hnn n Ohio. Than will not ha .anything like room in the hotels for the T delegates, to aay nothing of the visitors, bat everything that can be done will be done in the wav of providing private entertainment. The press will be gloriously provided for, and the telepraph service it Is said to be fully arranged for. I have some little doubt as to this, bat will examine into the matter further. The mass convetHioa to select eight - delegates to the Republican state convention to, represent the city of Springfield, met at the court-house tonight. There wae a ticket distributed, printed on red paper, which was for Kennedy throughout, and another on white paper which represented all the candidates for Governor, and had names, for Beatty, Foraker and Kennedy;.-.' . '.V; A motion to nominate Judge James S. Goode for temporary chairman was voted down, and then Captain A. 8. BuahneU was chosen with but little opposition. Captain Bushnell nude quite a neat little speech, saying the spirit of the meet-' ing showed that so far as the people of this county ate concerned there is to be henceforth no more Democratic or - mugwump rule either in city, state or nation. He hoped the d elevates selected tonight would be pledged or committed to no one, but would be free to give Clarke her proper weight in the convention so that she might help' to nominate the ticket that would win. - - O. M. Service was made secretary. Colonel D. C. Putnam moved that the eight gentlemen receiving the highest number "of votes be delegates, and the next eight highest be alternates. . John O. Miller moved to amend so that each voter may vote for eight persons for delegate and- eight alternates, and that each man register his name before voting. . Putnam's motion was withdrawn and was in effect renewed by George Rawlins. George Frey moved that neither the . red, white nor any printed ticket' be accepted. . -. - Rawlins's amendment was adooted and Miller's motion, as amended, also adopted. Frey 's motion was hotly debated and carried. - J. S. Miles moved to instruct the delegates to be selected to cast an equal vote as far as possible for each candidate coming before the state convention, until it shall be seen that the solid vote of Clarke will nominate, and then cast- it solid. Tabled. Samuel Bowman moved that Miller's motion be reconsidered, so that the chair could appoint five men to select the delegates. Met by a storm of noes, and hooted down unanimously. J. K. Mower moved that the meeting adjourn to tomorrow evening, to give time for the preparation of ballots. Lost by a small preponderance of noes. Frank McGrew moved that the voting close at 11 o'clock. A scene of great confusion ensued with excited debate. Amos Whitely moved that the polls be kept open as long as there is continuous voting sad not to continue in any case beyond 1 o'clock. Carried. - John Foos moved that all preceding motions be rescinded and delegates appointed in open meeting by a rising vote. Carried. J. Warren Keifer. AaaS. Bushnell, . John Foos, Oliver 8. Kelly, Amos Whitely, T. J. Jewett, George C. Rawlins and W. J. White were by this process appointed uelegateav ... - - Of these eiaht three will probably be for Beany, three for Kennedy and two for Foraker, provided tney vote tneir inai-vidual Differences. The seven delegates selected some time ago to represent the country are also divided. On the whole it is safe to aay that Clarke county is pretty equally divided amongst the three leading candidates for Governor. . The alternates are also divided in sentiment. - The whole meeting tonight was lively, " noisy and excited, but good ' humored throughout. - i JUST BtFOBI TUB BATTLE. How the Work of Selecting Republican Delegates Woat Oa Y.sterday. Special to the Ohio State Journal. TJbbana, June 8. The Champaign Republicans had a large and enthusiastic convention today. Ex-S1eaker Cowgill was nominated for representative by acclamation. R. S. Pearce was renominated for treasurer, John P. Neer for commissioner and Randolph Tritt for infirmary director. W. J. Means. R J. Winder, James Williams, . V. Rhodes, George G. McCrea, John X. King, W. 8. Foster and J. H. Powell were elected delegates to the state convention. They were instructed for if tr, JLennedy. The Beaolt ia Clarke. Special to the Oulo State Journal. SrawGFiaxo, June 8. At the mass con vention held tonight to choose delegates to state convention Captain Bushnell was chosen chairman. There were two tickets put in the field, one mixed and one solid for Kennedy. The convention had a monkey and parrot time over whether these printed tickets should be allowed or not and finally decided to nominate the delegates and choose them by a rising vote. Xne following were chosen: wen- era! J. Warren Keifer, s Beatty man; Captain A. S. Bushnell, Foraker; John Foos, Foraker; O. S. Kelly, no choice; Amos Whitney, Foraker; I. J. Jewett. Kennedv ; Georee C. Rawlins. Kennedy ; Major W. J. White, Foraker. As alternates Messrs. Wallace,' Miller, Rightmyer, Hayward, Putnam, Buford, rry ana KaoDitts. resolutions ot svm- pathy for the family of Judge Littler, who died this morning, passed. A resolution also passed that Clarke county delegates shall so cast their vote as to treat ail can- , didates alike until the vote will elect a candidate. Of the other seven delegates previously ehosen, four are.believed to be for Kennedy, two for foraker and one tor .Beatty. , Bantltoa Solid for Foraker. Special to the Ohio State Journal. Cihcijjhati, June 8. Returns from nearly all the precincts in the city are in and there are a tew reports from the country. The indications are that the Hamilton county delegation will be nearly, if not quite, solid for Foraker, and - that its preference will be recorded with considerable enthusiasm. A few of those ' elected delegates take pains to say they are unpledged, but they belong to an ele- - ment . that ia not above ' being "persuaded." Preparations are afoot - to " take the Lincoln and" Blaine clubs to Springfield as organised bodies. A low round-trip fare has been secured, and there ia likely to be a large representation. Prominent among the delegates elected tonight are W. 8. Cap-peller, Clem Bates, Colonel Bob Harlan, B. F. Ehrman, Mike Gramp, L. L. Sadler, Dr. C. L. Armstrong-. Gus. Loewenstein. George Cox, William Keppler, B.S. Wyd-' man, Hal Garlich, City Treasurer Bohrer, Hon. S. S. Davis and T. C. Campbell. Campbell waa elected to represent four precincts, vis: Western Mill Creek, College Hill, Winton Place and Clifton. He received 164 votes to 49 for Richard Smith. Only fifteen votes were cast in Clifton. Far the Strangest Maa. . Special to the Ohio State Journal. . -- Saxdusxt, June 8. The delegates to Springfield from this county are R. E. Schuck, E.M.Colver, Q Atwster, J. C. Gilchrist, Samuel Fiah, W. C. De Witt and I. F. Mack. They are uninstructed but all friends of Beatty, but are all for the man considered the strongest. . An effort to chose outspoken Kennedy men failed. T - . .. :;,:!, DOWH THE VALLEY. Bulneaa K.Tl-rtng with th Furnace. Coal Trade Ooa.ral Xetee, Special to the Ohio State Journal. Gobs, O.. June 8. Business in this lo cality has commenced to revive with the resumption of the coal and iron-works. The Baud furnace is again in blast and is working very satisfactorily, making a fair quality of iron. This is the pioneer furnace of the valley, built in 1874 and 1875 by Samuel Baud, General Thomas and John G. Deehler of Columbus. The works are located three miles' from the Hocking V alley railroad, to which the roduct is hauled over a tram-road. The ocation is in a splendid mineral field, and the product of the furnace has always found ready sale. ' The furnace ana mine at tnis piace, owned by the Columbus and Hocking Coal and Iron company, are being put in shape to go into opera' ion at an early day. The furnace has undergone extensive repairs and will be put in blast some time next week. E. B. Greene, jr., late of the Winona Iron company, is superintendent of the f ornsce and C. D. Brown has charge of the mine. The Buchtel furnace, under the supervision of J. 11. Ferguson, which went in blast last March, is said to be making a better record than ever in the history of its workings. Fanny furnace at Shawnee is again in blast, which gives us three furnaces in operation in the valley, while Gore will make the fourth, out of twelve furnaces to be operated this year. The Democracy held their primaries Saturday, the event being a quiet one with no unusual interest mamtested. xne horde of hnnerv Democrats who are seek ing office in Hocking county this spring are greater in numbers than ever before and many must be disappointed. The Republicans bave a flattering prospect of electing some of their candidates this fall in Hocking if the right men are put in the field. ; Many of tne untemned are sick ot Democratic rule and claim that, instead of getting better times since Cleveland's election the times are getting worse, and that the good old Democratic times of old are fast dawning upon us, when low wages and a scarcity of work prevailed, trener- al Beatty is the choice of the Republicans of this locality for Governor and it is earnestly hoped he will receive the nomi nation. FBOM STRAITSVILLE. News ia th. Mining Bag-Ion About Weigh er What the Operators Want. Special to the Ohio State Journal. ' Nxw Strait vraxx, June 8. His Honor Mayor Spurrier has issued a proclamation to the citizens to put their premises in a sanitary condition and remove all nui sances and rubbish, for the warm weather is upon us. George Wilson, the miner who had his back broken ia the Rend mine, is not improving much. It can not be told yet what will be the result. David Davis of Coal port, secretary of tne salt-works in that section, was in town today. . K. Bines, tlie man who was elected cneck weigher at no. 3 mine, was pre vented, irom aoing so Dy tne company, but tne latter reconsidered - their action. and be is now at work. The Troy mine is working without a check weigher until Chief Mine Inspector Bancroft takes ac tion. The revival held in the M. E. church bv Mrs. R. E. A. Smith, the evangelist, has taken a new start, and more nave professed regeneration. The work does not seem to progress near so well as it did in Shawnee under the same administration, whatever the reason may be. A subscription is being made for the widow and children of our murdered marshal. Henry Auer. She has moved to Shawnee and is living with her parents. rion. Jonn Mctfride spoke to the miners here this evening. , 'lhe contractors who have leased the mines from the syndicate are of tne opinion that the miners sre so whipped that tney will do anything that they sug gest. An attempt is being made to have the entries driven on the per ton system. That is. to have their narrow work done for nothing, and give the men that are doing it all the cars they can load, independent of what the men in the rooms will get. Ihey are also opposed to the men holding meetings near the mine to elect time-keepers to divide the cars equal among all, but to their sorrow they find the men of btraitsville are worth a regi ment ot dead horses yet. Kohn Bros, who keep a large dry goods store here and other places, have dis solved partnership in the store here. TUB CHAMPION CITY". Death of Judge Littler Suicide of Bliss Moure head General Notes. Spbixgmeld, O., June S. Miss Ella .Moorehead of New Carlisle committed suicide by hanging . herself in- the barn this morning. She was 24 years of age and had a severe attack of scarlet fever some time ago, which ruined her health and rendered her life a burden to her. Judge Littler died this morning at bis residence on West Pleasant street. The judge was recently visited with a severe paralytic shock, from which he has never rallied, although it was believed at one time that he would recover. The death is extremely sad, coming as it does, right at the time of the state convention. The funeral will take place Wednesday afternoon, at the time ot the nrst session ot the convention. Judge fattier was born September 1. 1S20. in Winchester. Ya. When four years old he removed with his pareats to Greene county. O.. between Yellow Springs and Clifton, where he re sided until 1854. when he opened a law omce in epringneid. rte was elected to the General Assembly as the Know Noth ing candidate in 1S56. Iu 1858 he was elected probate judge of Clarke county. which office he held eleven years. He has served several terms in the Legislature, where he took rank as one of the most prominent members. He would without doubt have been re-elected this fall. : MUwiag Reed Good Candidate. Special to the Ohio titate Journal. Wilmington, o., Junes. There is no word as yet from Reed, the absconded treasurer, and no new developments in re gard to the mixed up affair. txon. Lieo w em. uiinton county's can didate for board of public works, came to this country in the year 1854, and set tled in Uhio. tie soon became noted ss the pioneer scientific landscape gardener of the West. He received calls to superintend work of that sort all over the state and also in adjoining states. He ha served for many years as a member ot the boards of the state horticultural and agricultural societies, and a few days ago was chosen treasurer of the state forestry association. He is worthy the position to which he aspires. :- A Star Discovered. Boston. June. 8. A cable message has been received at Harvard college ob servatory announcing the discovery of a planet by Dr. Palisa at Vienna. The planet ia of the twelfth magnitude. WITH WORDS THAT BURN. GEN. GRANT'S HISTORY OF HIS LIFE. Extracts trust HI Coming- Autobiography His Part ta th. War Th. Surrender f Lea Sam. Historical Error. Corrseted. - Naw Yoek, June 8. The Commercial Ad vertiser publishes nearly a page of extracts from General Grant's "Personal Memoirs,". which will be published within a few months. The first volume is completed and the second nearly so. The extracts given show the work to be written in terse and sturdy Anglo-Saxon, with here and there a touch of ouiet humor. The dedication is in a fac simile of the general's manuscript, and reads as follows: "These volumes sre dedicated to American soldiers and sailors. U. S. Gbabt." 'Xew York, May 23, 1885." He begins by saying that he is of Ameri can stock on both sides for many genera tions. He gives anecdotes of his boyhood. of his appointment to West Point through the influence of Hon. Thomas Morris, congressman from Ohio, tells the circumstances under which be hrst saw uenerai escott ana President Van Buren, contrasts the personal characters of Generals Scott and Taylor, gives a copy of his letter to Adjutant General . Thomas dated at Galena, 111., May 34, 18G1, offering his services to the United States and suggesting that he considered himself competent to take command of a regiment. This letter was never answered and it was for a long time lost among -the papers ot the war omce. speaking oi his first battle in the civil war he says: "As we approached the brow of the hill from which it was expected we could see Harris's camp, and possibly find his men -ready formed to meet us, my heart kept getting higher and higher, until it felt to me ss though it was in my throat. I would have giveu anything then to have been back in Illinois, bat I had not the moral courage to halt and consider what to do. I kept right on. When we reacbed a point from which the valley below was in full view, I halted. The place where Harris had been encamped a few days before was . still there, and the marks of a recent encampment were plainly visible, but the troops were gone. My heart resumed its place. It occurred to me at once that Harris had been as much afraid of me as I had been of him. This was a view of the question I had never taken before, Dut it was one l never forgot afterward. From that event to the close of the war I never experienced trepidation upon confronting an enemy." . He speaks of the battle of Fort Donnelson at some length. Speaking of the battle of Shiloh he says he considered the situation as one in which the federal forces were on the offensive, but asserts that no precautions for defense were neglected. On this subject he continues as follows: "General Beauregard was next in rank to Johnston and succeeded to the command, which he retained to the close of the battle and daring the subsequent retreat on Cor- lntn, as wen as in tne siege of tnat place. His tactics have been severely criticised by Confederate writers, but I do not believe nis fallen chief could have done any better under the circumstances. Some of these critics claim that Shiloh was won when Johnston fell and that if he -bad not fallen the army under me would have been annihilated or captured. 'Its' defeated the Confederates at Shiloh. There is little doubt that we should have been disgracefully braten 'if all the shells and bullets fired by us had passed harmlessly over the enemy and "if all of theirs had taken effect. Commanding generals aie liable to be killed daring engagements, and the fact that when he was shot Johnston was leading a brigade to induce it to make a charge which had been repeatedly ordered, is evidence that there was neither the uni versal demoralization on our side nor the unbounded confidence of theirs, which has been claimed. There was. in fact, no hour during the day when I doubted the eventual defeat of the enemy, although I was disappointed that reinforcements, so near at hand, did not arrive at an earlier hour." In this connection he refers to his article in the Century, and his remarks in it in regard to General A. McD. McCook which caused so much public comment. He tell, of the long march of the day hoftjre," over muddy roads, bv Genomt McUoot's division and of its "conspicuous acts of gallantry" oa the day ot the cattle, and concludes in these words: "I refer to these circumstances with minuteness because I did General McCook an injustice in my article in the Century, though not to the extent one would suppose from the public press. I am not willing to do any one an injustice, and if convinced that I have done one I am al ways willing to make the fullest admission." Then follows accounts of the siege and capture of Vicksborg, of his appointment as lieutenant general, and adds: "In my first interview with Mr. Lincoln alone he stated to me that he never professed to be a mili tary man or to know how campaigns should be conducted, and never wanted to interfere in them, but that procrastination on the part of commanders and the press- of the people at the North, and of Congress, which, like the poor, he had always with him, had forced him into issuing his well known series of 'Executive Orders.' He did not know but they were all wrong. and did not know that some of them were. All he wanted or bad ever wanted, he said, was that some one would take the resoon- sibility and act, and call on him for all the assistance needed." Describing his command of the division of the Mississippi, he tells how they went together to Louisville, and adds: "Soon after we started the secretary handed me two orders signed, that I could take mv choice of them. The two were identical in al 1 but one particular. Both created the mili tary division of the Mississippi, giving me the command composed of the departments of the Ohio, the Cumberland and the Ten nessee, and all the territory from the Alle-ghenies to the Mississippi river north of Banks's command in the Southwest. One order left the department commanders as they were, while the other relieved Eose-crans and assigned Thomas to his place. I accepted the latter." He says Secretary Stanton caught a cold on that trip from which he never recovered. He gives a graphic description of how Chattanooga was savea; ot now ne was sent for in baste by Secretary Stanton, whom he found "pacing the floor rapidly in about the garb Mr. Jefferson Davis was wearing subsequently when he was captured, a dressing gown, bat without the shawl and snnbonnet." General Grant adds: "He showed me the dispatch saying that the retreat must be. prevented. I immediately wrote an order assuming command of the military division of the Mississippi and telegraphed it to General Rosecrans. I then telegraphed him the order from Washington assigning to Thomas the command of the Army of tne Cumberland; and to Tbomas that he must hold Chattanooga at all hazards."He describes the Wilderness camoaiirn. and says that he was operating in a country with which his army was thoroughly familiar, while to the federal forces it was entirely uuaauwu. no Lena ox uenerai uee s surrender, and takes occasion in the course of it to explode the famoas story of the sur- renuer unaer tne apple tree, lie says tnat there was an apple orchard across the little valley from the court-house, one tree of which was close to the roadside; that General Babcock reported to him (Grant) that he had found General Lee sitting under this tree and had brought him within the federal lines to the house of a man named McLean, where the Confederate general and one of his staff were awaiting General Grant. Of their interview he says: . "When I went into the house I found General Lee. We greeted each other, and after shaking hands took our seats. What his feelings were I do not know, being a man of much dignity and with an impenetrable face. It waa impossible to say whether he felt inwardly glad that the end had finally come, or whether he felt sadly over the result and was too manly to show it. Whatever his feelings were tbey were entirely cenceaied from observation, but my own feelings, which had been quite apparent on the receipt of his letter, were sad and depressed. . I felt like anything rather than rejoicing at the downfall of a foe that had fought so long and gallantly and suffered so much for a cause which I believed to be one of the worst for which a people ever fought, and for which there waa not the least pretext. I do not question, however, the sincei ety of the great mass of those wbo were opposed to us. General Lee was dressed in full uniform.entirely new, and wearing a sword of considerable value, very likely the sword that had been presented by the State of Virginia. At all events it was an entirely different sword from the one that would ordinarily be worn in the field. In my rough traveling suit which was the uniform of a private with the straps of a general, I mast have contrasted very strangely with a man so handsomely dressed, six feet nigh and of faultless form, but this waa not a matter that I thought of until; afterward. General Lee and I soon fell into a conversation about old army times. He remarked that he remembered me very well in the old army, and I told him, ss a matter of course, I remembered him perfectly, but owing to the difference in years, there being snout sixteen years ainerence in our ages, and our rank, I thought it very likely I had not attracted his attention sufficiently to be remembered after such a long period. Our conversation grew so pleasant that I almost forgot the object of our meeting." WASHINGTON. j Garland's Opinion of Indian Postmasters. Washingtoh, June 8. Since the publication of the opinion of Attorney General Garland to the effect that Indians could not legally discharge the duties of postmasters quite a number of letters have been received at the Postoffice department from Indian postmasters, showing that the writers were men of good business ability, tendering theii resignations. Another phase of the question has been presented by communications to the department in behalf of white men who married Indian wives and were adopted into the different tribes of the Indian territory. They state that they have become members of those tribes and assisted in councils, and wish to know if they are affected by the attorney general's decision. The legal aspect of their esse is now under examination by ttrs department. " Ohio Personals. Dir. Norton of Tiffin played a very fine game on his Ohio friends here. He assured them he wanted nothing, but came simply to see about his son's progress at Annapolis. He will qualify as special treasury agent tomorrow. State Senator Elmer White of Defiance district is here. He has joined the ranks of the legion of seekers after Public Printer Round's place. . H. H. McFadden, of the Steubenville Gazette, is here looking after a few places for his friends. He says he wants nothing himself. A very lively fight between Cons tan tine and Newman is in progress over the internal revenue collectorship for the Eleventh district. Both candidates are confident.J. S. Anthony was today appointed postmaster at Fort Recovery, Mercer county, .vice F. Scherd, resigned. The salary of the office is $735. The Monument Damaged by Iilghtnlng. - Washington, June 8. An examination of the Washington monument this morning confirms the report that the capstone had been shattered by lightning. A break was made by the lightning on the northeast corner of the capstone, and four fragments fell to the ground, where they were found to-day, nearly forty feet from the base of the monument. The engineer in charge is spending the day at the top of the shaft, carefully inspecting the injury to the stone. To repair the damage will require the resetting of several stones. The Civil Service Cranks. Washington, June 8. Everett P. Wheeler and Frederick Whitridge of New York, counsel of the National Civil Service league, have written to the postmaster general requesting the removal of certain postmasters in different parts of the country for violation of sections 11 and 12 of the civil service law. These sections forbid solicitation of political subscriptions in federal offices. The letter is accompanied by affidavits supporting the allegations, which will be investigated. Capital Notes. The President today received the members of the Iowa educational association. General W. S. Rosecrans, the recently appointed register of the treasury, assumed the duties of that office Monday morning. The secretary of state has received a CHs- patch from -the consul general at London, saying there is no foundation for the rumor of an outbreak of cholera in England. - ue of standard silver dollars from mints during the week ended June 6 $476,987. The issue durine the corre sponding period of last year was $187,527. The leading delegates of the convention of charities and correction called at the White-house Monday and paid their respeots to misi uieveiana. xney were presented oy Miss Phoebe Cozzens. The secretary of the treasury has been in formed that Aufdemorte, tbe defaulting officer at the sub-treasury at New Orleans, has fled to Mexico, where he is interested in some mines. Secretary Whitney received a telegram Monday morning announcing the death of Commander Lewis Clark, commanding the United States steamshio Alliance at Key West, yesterday. , The Alliance was at once ordered by telegraph to proceed to New York with the remains of Commander Clark. There were no particulars of his death given. . AN IMPORTANT DECISION. Comptroller Durham's Views oa Ceitaia State Debts Dae th. OoT.rnment. Washington, June 8. Comptroller Durham has just rendered an important decision as to whether a debt due to toe State of Mississippi by the government shall be paid, or applied as a credit against direct taxes certified as due from said state by a former comptroller. Comptroller Taylor certified that the di-rect taxes apportioned by the act of 1861 were due from the state, the greater portion of these remain unpaid, and the state stands charged with them on the books of tbe department. Under this certih cate there is now due to the state on account of commissions on the net proceeds of sales of public lands therein au amount less than . the bal ance of taxes unpaid and charged as stated. Section 1766 of the Revised Statutes requires the accounting officers to withold payment from any person who is in arrears to the government and to make a set off. Two questions arise, One is, is the state ia its corporate capacity indebted to the United States on account of the direct taxes? second, if not, how far is the present comp troller oouna ny tne certificate oi comptroller Taylor iu applying the provisions of section 1766 of the Revised Statutes? Comptroller Durham holds that under the Constitution the direct taxes were assessed against the citizens of the state and not against the state, and hence were not an indebtedness of the state in the corporate capacity, but that tbe certificate of a former comptroller is under section lai Kevised statutes and Supreme court decisions, binding upon a successor and subject to revision only by Congress or tbe courts, ile decides therefore to withhold final action upon the matter until the attention of Congress can be called to the same, which will be done in his next annual report to the secretary of the treasury. The principle involved in the case affects a good many of the states and to a very considerable amount. CHARITIES AND CORRECTION. Concluding Session of That Body at Wash lngtou The Next Meeting to ba Held ia St. Paul. Washington, June ,8. The order of business for the national conference of charities and corrections this forenoon was the report of the committee on provision for the insane, with papers and dis cussions. Tbe report was read by' Dr, Chapin, chairman of the committee. He rapidly stated the progress of public sen timent in the last fifty years in the treatment of the insane. Of the 92,000 insane persons in the United states, be said 43. 000 were not in asylums. He set forth the advantages to be expected from the supervision of asylums by state boards of charities in the repression of abuses and the adoption of improved methods of treatment, and he described the evils which sometimes resulted from loose forms of commitment. He commended the establishment of a training school at Buffalo for hospital attendants, and the extension of : state civil service rules to the section of attendants and medical officers. Many asylums were smbarrasaed by frequent changes in the personnel of its management, some of which changes were of a political nature. Such asylums were deprived of the benefits of accumulated experience. . Dr. Vivian of Wisconsin read a paper upon the provision for chronic insane. He described the advantage of the Wisconsin system of treatment, which consisted of Washington county asylums, subject to the supervision of state boards, wherein chronic cases were cared for, while those whose insanity was acute, or susceptible to remedial treatment, were cared for at the state institution. The remainder of tbe morning session was devoted to discussion. During the afternoon session the dis cussion of the morning relative to the care of insane was continued and several interesting papers were read by authorities upon the matter. St. Paul was selected as the place of the next meeting. PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS. A Little More of the Political Balm ot OU.ad (or Famishing Democracy. Washington, June 8. The President today appointed the following named presidential postmasters: E. P. Rutherford at Clarksville, Tex., vice H. S. Sanderson, resigned; Martin V. Daggett at Tuscola, I1L, vice H. R. Ingraham; Charles H. Adams at Allegan, Mich., vice George R. Stone, resigned. William Bennett at Long Branch, N. J., vice Matthias Woolley, resigned ; Bern. F. Louthair at Loeansoort. Ind.. vice E. N. Talbott, re signed; James V. Ward at Cherokee, Io., vice K. M. smith, resigned; is. ttoss at Uobden. Ill- vice L. T. Lmnell. omce be coming presidential; Edwin W. Col lis at Martinsville, lnd., vice James E. Bain, suspended. Also, the following: To be United States marshals Edward M. Bay ton, for the district of South Carolina ; Robert S. Kelly, for the Territory of Montana; Thomas Jenerson Uarr, tor the Territory Wyoming; Komulo Martinez, for the Territory of New Mexico. To be United States attorneys John Eahlett Gibson, for the Eastern division of V irgima ; jub-tavus Van Hoorf eke, for the Southern district of Illinois; Anthony G. Campbell, for the Territory of Wyoming. WHAT VILAS SAYS. He Denies the Allefd Strike of Postal Clerks a. Reported. Washington, June 8. Postmaster Gen eral Vilas denied that he had sent a dispatch to Chicago touching the threatened strike among the railway postal clerks as has been stated in Chicago. He says that there need be no apprehensions of a strike among the railway mail service employes. it was possible that a tew clerks who felt that from their inefficiency they had no chance of remaining in the service had endeavored to effect a combination among the older and more efficient men, but they had failed in their attempt. The official postal guide for May contains a notice of the signature of the postmaster general that efficient and honest railway clerks who have not turned their attention to 'political labors during their service need have no fear of being disturbed in office. That declaration in regard to postal clerks and their retention, said the postmaster general, has neyer been de parted from in a single instance, l De- lievei - NEWARK MACHINE COMPANY. Whether They Shall R.movo to Colombo. Permanently to bo Decided by the Court City Fathers too Previous. Special to the Ohio State Journal. Newark, O., June 8. Quite a little breeze was stirred up here today in connection with the Bewark Machine company's removal to Columbus so long in controversy. Some considerable talk has been indulged in on the part of councilmen and others here about enjoining the machine com pany from manufacturing in Columbus on tbe ground that they were under contract to manufacture iu this city. So to bring this and other matters to a focus President Appleman sent over a gang of men yesterday from Columbus with instructions to take down one of their old buildings, load it on the cars and bring it to Columbus, presuming ofeourse that an injunction would be served. o about 11 o'clock a member of the council went down and ordered the men to stop work, but the foreman declined to recog nize his authority, whereupon the mayor went down and ordered the work stopped, but the foreman wanted due process of law observed and proceeded with his work. Meanwhile Mr. Appleman, at Co lumbus, had been notified and came over on the noon train and insisted on having an injunction served on him, which was done, service acknowledged, and the case set for hearing on the 17th. The matter was very amicably managed and without ill feeling,but the zeal of the city officials to retain the Newark Machine company here has probably outstripped their discretion. because in serving the inj unction they have put in peril a suit now pending, in wdich the citv is plaintiff and three or tour in surance companies defendants, the latter carrying policies on the burned establishment, and - to force the payment - of which to the city under the terms of a martgage on the works in favor of the city, suit was brought. But it will be shown in the in junction trial that the consideration of the mortgage was i and that this consideration has been discharged and the city is no longer a creditor of the concern and therefore has no rights upon which a suit can ba brought to recover from the insurance companies. The amount involved is some $20,000, and the city fathers are more or less sore, resident Appieman said they owed the city $9000 and would give their check for it at any time and take the property, and if at any time they decided- to come back to Newark would do so without a bonus from anybody and put up their own monev tor a new plant, This virtually settles the return to New ark. Columbus takes the concern for good. A Settlement Still Par Off. Pittsbubg, June 8. The sheet department of Phillips, Nimick & Co.'s Sligo iron-works started up non-union this morning, all the old men but one return ing to work. It is understood that the Amalgamated scale of wages will be paid. The jlitna works of Spang, Chalfant & Co. was also expected to resume, but enough men could not be obtained and the furnaces are still cold. The stiike one week old today, and a settlement seems further off than when the mills closed down. Eleven firms in this district and two outside of Pittsburg have signed the scale, and one mill is running partly non-union. The others are idle, with no indications of an early resump tion. A Shower of Tramps. fE Centealia, 111., June 8. For a week or so a number of tramps have been at work picking berries here. As usual at this season, some of - them, more saving than others, had kept the money earned, Yesterday the industrious members of the fraternity were cornered by their fellow- tramps, who with oaths and threats se cured all the money in tne crowd, a teamster named Myers waa also robbed of $350. A number of the tramps have been arrested, and the city jail is full to over flowing. Sadd.a Death of a Dayton Pioneer. Dayton. Jun3 8. Mrs. Mary A. Win ters, wife of Rev. David Winters. D. D. died suddenly today of old age. Her hus band died about four weeks azo. Mrs. Winters was 83 years of age. The couple were pioneers of this valley and were known throughout the state. Secretary Bayard Make, an Address. Lawbsnce. Kas.. June 8. Secretary of State Bayard tonight delivered the annual address before the literary societies of State universary .on the subject "Individuality." He was given a banquet by the citisens afterward. ACROSS THE BLUE SEA. RIPPLING IN THE TROUBLED WATERS. The English. Ministry Reaches Another Crisis More Rumors of Great Things Coming General Notes. ENGLAND. London, June 8. Mr. Alexander Del- mar, formerly chief of the bureau of sta tistics in the Treasury department of the United States, in an interview which appears this evening in the Pall Mall Ga-zett, states that he is confident that the next Congress will repeal the act authorizing the coinage of the standard silver dollar. Mr. Henry Labouchere. Radical, this afternoon, in the House of Commons. gave notice of bis intention to oppose the proposed parliamentary grant of $30,000 per annum as a dowry to Princess Bea trice on the occasion of her marriage. .Right Hon. William Ji. -Jb orster. .Lib eral, gave notice of his intention to intro duce a motion opposing the imposition. as proposed in the budget, of a stamp duty on colonial and foreign securities. payable to bearer. Mr. tshiiders, chancellor ot the excheq uer, announced that the government had decided not to refund to the taxpayers the amount of the increased duty on spirits paid over and above the extra shilling per gallon finally-decided on, because consumers had been charged higher rates after the announcement of the original increase. The government would, however, Mr. Childers added, cause an inquiry to be made to ascertain if there existed sufficient reason to modify this decision. Lord Edmund Fitzgerald, under secre tary of foreign affairs, announced that the government had received a communication from the Spanish government of such nature that it induced the hone that ne gotiations would be resumed for a com mercial treaty between the two nations. The fall Mail uazeue contains an arti cle which is apparently inspired by M. Lessar, of the Russian section of the Af ghan boundary commission. The article admits that the "statement" of the mat ters in dispute with Russia is still un signed, and attributes the present delay to the hair-splitting or Quibbling of hart Granville. The article, in tones more in anger than firmness, warns the earl not to carry his dilatory game too far; it might become dangerous. Mr. (Jbilders moved the second readme of the budget. Sir Charles Dilke supported the budget. Sir Stafford North-cote and others having spoken Mr. Gladstone arose to reply. He thought that the opposition were creating a precedent which they would regret when they came into power again. The previous reduction of wine duties had a beneficial effect in preventing adulteration and increasing the trade many millions annually. It would be most impolitic to increase the wine duty unless under the most extreme pressure the government were compelled to raise money in view of the impending danger to the empire, a danger which even-now he wad unable to say had passed away. The opposition cavilled at the mode of raising money without suggesting a remedy. The government had to choose between alcoholic liquors and tea and sugar. They would accept the issue of the vote as one of life or death and did not envy those who, if they gained a victory, would have to bear the consequences. Mr. Gladstone's re marks were received with prolonged cheers. The government was de feated on the second reading, the budget being rejected 264 to 252. When the result of the division - waa an nounced Mr. Gladstone, who bad been leaning forward in his seat and cynically smiling, started, turned pale and clutched his hands nervously together. The house immediately became a babel of confusion, members yelling, stamping and waving hats, neckties and handkerchiefs. A tu multuous cheer came from tbe eallenes. and Speaker Peel vainly howled for order. The Parnellites pointed at Gladstone and yelled, "That is the friend of coercion 1" Down with .Buckshot orster!" "Re member Myles Joyce 1" Mr. Gladstone arose to move an adjournment, but stood in his place fully a minute before he could be heard. The Daily Telegraph says it is doubtful whether the Conservatives will accept office. The News s editorial says it is impossi ble to forecast the consequences of the vote. The ministry will probably resign and the opposition take possession of the government. We do not suppose even the Conservative leaders will seek to undo what has been done on the Afghan question.The Post says there is no indication as to what the policy of the Conservatives will be. INDIA. Calcutta. June 8. Dispatches con tinue to be received here about the earth quake in the Vale of Cashmere. Whole villaees have been destroyed and Dub- good, Jamalapar and Ovan have disap peared entirely, having been completely engulfed in the awful convulsions. During the continuance of the shocks, a sulphurous dust was sent forth, impregnating the atmosphere. At the same time vol umes of hot water issued from the great fissures made in the earth. The fort at Guralo, and the granaries in many parts of the vale have been swallowed up. A large supply of rice and a considerable amount of money have been distributed throughout tbe Vale of Cashmere, to re lieve tbe distress of the people. It is estimated that two hundred persons were killed. Bit. Vernon Notes. ' Special to the Ohio State Journal. Mt. Yekkok, O., June 8. Mrs. Gugen- heim of West Gambier street, who was poisoned last week by eating canned to matoes, has fully recovered. Society is on the qui vive over the ap proaching marriage of Mr. H. L. Curtis to Miss Elinor Shaw, which occurs at noon Wednesday, June 10, in St. faul's church. C. W. Van Akin of this city, dealer in hats, caps, boots, shoes, furs, etc, made an assignment Saturday evening last, with liabilities of $8000 and assets which will pay 50 cents on the dollar. D. C. Mont gomery and A. II. Mclntire are assignees. The High school commencement will take place Thursday evening, June 11, in Woodward opera-house. There are nine eraduates. The second annual re union of the High school alumni will be beld in the High school building on Fri day evenine. j une vs. An effort is being made to establish county stock sales here, and the project is being favorably received. It is probable that the county commissioners will avail themselves of the law which provides that any county without a work-house may make arrangements with the officials of the work-house in any other county to receive their prisoners. The Gambier base-ball nine defeated the Mt, Vernon team after a hard battle on Saturday. John Hoagland committed suicide at Gann. eighteen miles east of Mt. Vernon on Sunday last by cutting his throat. He had a leg broken last winter, which in duced despondency. Decision in th. Famous Archbishop Par. eeU Case. Cincinnati, June 8. The Circuit court today decided the case of J. B. Mannix assignee of Archbishop Purcell, against Bishop W. H. Elder and others, a suit to subject the church property to the payment of the debts of the archbishop The District court which first heard the case, held that Purcell was merely a trustee, and that the church property so held by him in trust waa not subject to the payment of - his debts, but it waa held tbat where any depositor's money could be traced into any particular church, that pronertv could be held for its payment The case was before the Circuit court on a motion to vacate the judgment of the District court. Motion refused. THE REFUNDING LAWS. Senator W. H. Bted Baplies to th. Inter. view of Representative Alloa O. Hjirf Some Interesting Statements. Special to the Ohio State Journal. Chillicothb, Jnne 8. Meeting Sen ator W. H. Reed today, and calling his attention to an article in a Columbus Sunday paper, containing some allusions to himself and the refunding bill passed by the last General Assembly, in answer to some questions asked him he said : "I have not in my possession a copy of the original bill that was introduced in the House, but I am quite certain that not' a single word was added or taken from that bill which would alter ' the meaning of the same. The bill simply gave tbe sinking fund commissioners power, with the approval of the Governor, to issue new bonds and exchange the same for those due in 1886, and make the new bonds payable at any time before the year 1917. The Senate finance committee, of which I was a member, was unanimously of the opinion, which was concurred in without a dissent ing vote, as I now recollect, by the Senate, that the power to issue and sell in due form ot law tor tbe purpose ot providing funds to pay the debt when tbe same be came due, after advertising the same in the manner provided for by section 241 of the Revised Statutes, ought 'also to be given the sinking fund commissioners, because they might not be able to effect an exchange on advantageous terms to the state. The Senate, at my instance, insisted that the debt should be paid not later that the year 1896, for the reason tbat the people would be abundantly able to do bo without oppressing them beginning after our present bonded indebtedness was liquidated, the last payment of which is due July 1, 1888. But the author of the House bill, for reasons best known to himself and those who were to be bene fited by long-time bonds, would not listen to having the year 1896 substituted for the year 1917, and if the conference committee is to be believed (I was not on the committee), either the author of the bill expressed himself satisfied with the amendments, with the exception named. It is charged tbat State Auditor Kiesewetter was instrumental iu having the House bill amended. Every word of this charge is a lie, of whole cloth, having no foundation whatever, as he was never consulted by me at any time with regard to the amendments, except tbat after the author of the bill insisted on striking out the figures 1896 and reinserting the figures 1917, I called on the auditor and stated to him I would agree to the amendment if he would assure me that the bonds should be made payable not - later than the year 1896, and he assured me he would not consent to a longer time. Let me again eay to the taxpayers that tbe law was passed in its present shape, because we bad confidence in the sinking fund commissioners and the Governor, believing that they were honest men, and that tbey were neither ignoramuses nor damned rascals, and if it is a fact that they bave betrayed their trusts and the people s interest, it is no fault of the law and it is the people's duty to see that swift punishment is meeted out to them." "What have you done to the editor of the Capital and Allen O. Myers to cause them to pitch into you on all occasions?" 'Well, you see l don't run with tbe crowd that is up to all kinds of jobs, and especially those whose object is to rob a people ot a city ot the right ot elective franchise and put the offices in the hands of a lot of bummers whose whole cry is spoils, spoils, and to hell with the people and their rights. And as for Allen, I think he is an honest man pecuniarily, and would be willing to do right generally ; ia -eatirely too- impulsive and has no balance wheel in or about mm, and won't let his best friends advise or control him. He was constantly getting out of humor with me because the Senate, at my instance, would insert some amend ments in nearly every Din or resolution he offered and was passed by the House. Then he would rear and pitch around awhile about the matter, but finally, I be lieve, in every instance but one. when his better sense predominated, be would agree that tbey were necessary to perfect the legislation he sought to have passed." A FIRE AMONG THE INSANE. Destruction of a Portion of the Eastern Virginia Lunatic Asylum On. Patient Darned. WlIXIAMSBUHG, rA., JuhB 8. At 12 o'clock last night a fire broke out in tbe sight wing of the center building of the Eastern Lunatic asylum here, and before it could be got under control everything was destroyed. The buildings burned comprise the original ones of the institu tion and were erected over one hundred years ago. There were two hundred female patients in the burned buildings, but an ot them were rescued, except one, Miss Smith of Spottsylvania county, who l. .. n A A .... . I. A nAl.AM w. r. . WOO UUIUOU W UIU AUUH1V1 JlllUCUh Mrs. Jeffries, after being brought out of the building, wandered away and was found this morning drowned in a creek near by. All the female patients were taken to William and Mary college, where tbey were temporarily cared for. The other wards contained nearly 300 male patients- These wards were quickly emptied and the unfortunates were turned loose but did not wander off. being generally tractable. When it was found that the fire was getting beyond control aid was telegraphed for from Richmond and a steamer reached here from that city at about 3 o'clock this morning, but the fire had then done its worst. The Rich mond firemen, however, went to work and did good serviced None of the male wards were burned, they being located in baildinm partly disconnected from those destroyed and a strong wind blowing from them. The total loss is estimated at from $120,000 $140,000. insurance about $10,000. The fire is believed to have resulted from some trouble with the electric-light wires, as it was first discovered where tbe wires entered the right wing of the building. DELAWARE NEWS. What Is Goiug On In That Town Prepar ing for Commencement. Special to the Ohio Slate Journal. Delaware, O., June 8. The seniors have engaged the Fostoria band for the promenade concert. T. F. Haynie has bought out the Cres cent restaurant and will soon have a first class ice-cream saloon in Delaware. A. L. Banker, '86, who has been at home sick, returned today. The boys are rejoicing over the few recitations yet to be endured. The men began this morning to cut the grass upon the campus. This will take about five days, and by commencement day tbe grounds will be beautifuL The platform and raised seats for the Euterpean concert are to be put up this week, xne piano is now oeing re-iuoea. The annual catalogue is out, having been received by Piofessor drove on Saturday. What's th. Blatter Down In Pickaway ? Special to the Ohio State Journal. Circlkville, O., June 8. Mrs. Urger, living two miles north of East Ringgold, prepared sapper last evening for the fam ily. None drank of tbe coffee made but herself. In a few minutes she was suffer- insr terribly.' Dr. Ashbrook was called who administered remedies. Mrs. Urger was resting some easier tbis aiternoon, The supposition is tbat poison was put in the spout of the vessel. Mrs. Urger using first, received au overdose, possibly saving her life. Great excitement prevails in tbe neighborhood, and coffee is tabooed, since things mysterious seem to haunt the neighborhood. .-..?," More Indictments Against Fish and Ward. New Yoek, June 8. Two more indict ments were found by the grand jury today against Ferdinand Ward and James D. Fish, charging, them with grand larceny in tbe first degree. Ward was arraigned in the Court of Oyer and Terminer today. He pleaded not guilty to the Indictments, with leave to withdraw his plea . and demurrer. The indictments charge the theft of $190,000 from the Marine National bank against them. The larceny is alleged to have been committed on April 17. One indictment is for $80,-000 and the other for $110,M0. The district attorney moved that Ward be taken from Ludlow Street jail and incarcerated in the Tombs prison. This was opposed by Ward's counsel. Judge Barrett decided to allow Ward to remain in Ludlow Street jail until his trial was begun. THE WKATHEIk Indications for Tennessee and the Ohio Valley Fair weather, preceded in Tennessee by local rains, cooler weather ia Tennessee, stationary. followed by slowly ruing temperatare la Ohio valley, winds becoming variable, rislag barometer.Upper Mississippi Valler-Falr weather, warmer in the northern portion, followed by rising temperature in southern portion, variable winds, shifting to southerly, falling, preceded in southern portion by rising barometer. Miasourl Valley Fair weather, followed by local rains, winds (hitting soutaerly, genenUljr warmer, falling barometer. Lower Lake Fair weather, westerly winds, sta tionary, followed by slight rtse In tempemture, rising barometer. Local Obierratloai. Taken at the U. 8. Signal Office, Columbus. O., Monday, Junes, 188 i: - Time. I :28 a m.l 28.919 19.006 29 091 X9.177 29.749 29 752 29.881 29.924 30 GU7 69 S7.8 60.7 64.8 66.8 NW NW NW N K 10 Cloudy 18 Fair it Cloudy 10 Cloudy 4 Clear 10:ZS a m.. 2:28 p. m.. 6:l o. m . 10: a p. m.. Maximum temeeratnra. 81.4: alnlnna Mmnjn-. sture, 5i.6; mem dully lemuerature 61.7; cloudiness, 6.7; average dlre-tlon of wind, northwest; avenge (tale al weather, fair: veriplUUon, .10. r. i. una i tax, Private, Slanal Corps, U. S. A. SPORTING MATTER8. The Brooklyns Shut Oat Morris a Panl.r to the Big Slng-gsrs. Special to the Ohio State Journal. ' Bbookltn, June 8. Morris proved too many for the home team today, his de livery under the change in the rules being ore effective than ever. The Brooklyns ' were utterly unable to do anything with the willow. fcKuehne scored the first run on a tbree-baee hit and an error by Pintk-ney. The run in tbe eighth inning was earned on hits by Fields, Kemmler and Smith. Both teams fielded well, Smith once more walking off with the honors. Attendance 3000. The score follows : BBOOKLYMS. McC'ellan, 8b....., Plnckney. 2b a. 1 0 - 0 0 o 0 1 0 0 r. l 8 1 10 8 S 2 1 0 a. l 2 0 1 1 e o u Canldy, r. 1... arcic, i o. Hmith, s. ............ Hoi. Hug, c. !......-. Swartwood, 1. !.... nayes, c. ... rorier, p.. Totals.. t 24 14 ALLBQUBKYS. Smith, 2b ... Whitney, s. s B. 0 r. 1 0 1 0 t 10 7 0 a. 1 e o e 2 1 M'lier, i. r Manu, c. f ...... ........ Kuehne, 8b.... Brown, r. f... ........... neia, id.. Kemmler, c.......... Morria, p.........., Totals 2 7 27 18 fnnlne. 128466789 00008000 99 01000001 9-2 Biooklyns.... AiugQenys...... Karued runs A'leehenva 1. Two-base hit Whitney. 'Ihree-bam hit Kuehne. Famed balls Kemmler Fir-t ba-e on balls Btwklyns 2, Allegbeueys 1. First base on errors -Brooalyus 1, nucKDeuja a. IKIUIUO play BSUU STHrXTelg. Umpire ValenULe. Sport at St. Lenta, St. Locis. June 8. First race, one and one-eighth miles Buchanan won, Leman second, Boatman third. Time 1 :57. second race, for two-vear-old r-olta Ban fox won. Blue Wina second. Kins- of Norfolk third. Time 1:161. Third race, one and a Quarter miles Kosciusko won. Swinev second. Isaac Murphy third. Time 2:10. fourth race, three-anarter-mile heats Mary Hamilton won, Keokuk secondr Dudley Uaks third. Time 1:18. Al Robertson ran aminst a rail in the first heat and tore his shoulder so that he was shot. Fifth race Hacarus won. Taxsatherer second, Whizgig third. Base-Ball. . At Baltimore Cincinnati 6. Balti more 4. At Philadelphia St, Louis 14. Athletics 11. At aew York Louisville 0. Metropoli tan 4. At Brooklyn Pittsburg 2, Brooklyn 0. At Chicago Chicago 9. Sc. Louis 8 ten innings. At Buffalo Detroit 11, Buffalo 5. At Providence Providence 1. Phila delphia 0. THE ELEMENTS ON A RAMPAGE. o. Tnn.... t o i i thunderstorm passed over this section last evening, causing considerable damage. The wind and lightning were terrific. A house in the east end of tbe city, occupied by a family named Ryan, was struck by lightning, which entered through the chimney, and passed through the room where Mrs. Ryan was sitting, striking and instantly killing her. A man named Stetson waa knocked down in the street and severely injured. Great Destruction by Wind and Water at Varioa. Points. Baltimore, June 8. A special from Woodstock, Va., says: A hurricane, accompanied by a waterspout, strut-it this place at C:45 last night, unroofing the Methodist church and blowing-down fences and trees. The streets were flooded by the rain. No such storm has been known here in the memory of the oldest citizen. At least 510,000 damage was done in the town. Houses Unreeled. Chicago, June 8. The Journal's Peoria, 111., special says a terrific windstorm Eassed over Marshall county last night. Louses were unroofed and trees uprooted. FIRE' RECORD. A Towa W.arly Dastroy.d by Firs). Norfolk, Va., June 8. The Public Ledger has the following details of the fire at Suffolk : The fire broke out shortly after 11 o'clock last' night on tbe sooth side of Washington square, and, spreading rapidly east, west and north, swept both sides of Washington square, the main business street of the town, leaving only three houses standing. It also extended for some distance on both sides of Kilhy street, and down the west side of Main street. The individual loasea were small but the total will be over $300,000. Los. aso.ooo. Providence, June 8. At 3 o'clock this morning the buildings in East Providence owned by the Ruinford cnemicai-works and in part occupied by Smith dt Collins, dyers, were entirely consumed by fire. Loss $50,000 to the chemical-works company, and $10,000 to Smith A Collins. Th. Scal.Shrnod. Cleveland, June 8. The workmen at the Union rolling-mill, the only one in this city which is controlled bv the Amalgamated association, had a meeting this afternoon. A committee was appointed to wait upon the directors who had requested an interview. The men were cordially received and the scale signed. The tires will be lighted tomorrow morning. Three hundred and fifty men are employed here. They have been out one week, i v Death ot Dr. ttssaits, Atlartic Highlands, N. J.. June 8. Rev. Daniel Dennison Wheedon, D. D., Quarterly Review, died here this morning f R-.trt nVlook.

VOL. XLVI. NO. 136. COLUMBUS. TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 9, 1885. ESTABLISHED 1811, THE STATE CONVENTION. PREPARING TO NAME THE WINNER. far a Big (la at th. CI img Cmnta Clark Caanty Take a foaasl Oeaeval STatea Specif t th. Ohio Btat. Journal. SpaiitoriaxD, O., June 8. We have all, of course, bad oar joke about the Republican state convention being held in Springfield, but, coming down now to hard facta, it is certain that no each royal preparations were ever before made to entertain a state convention as the Champion City baa been making and still continues . to make. - There will be no fault found so far as the meeting; place of the convention is concerned. The splendid wigwam, which has been constructed and decorated at an expense of more than $2000, . will hold nearly twice as many people as n nnm.hnn n Ohio. Than will not ha .anything like room in the hotels for the T delegates, to aay nothing of the visitors, bat everything that can be done will be done in the wav of providing private entertainment. The press will be gloriously provided for, and the telepraph service it Is said to be fully arranged for. I have some little doubt as to this, bat will examine into the matter further. The mass convetHioa to select eight - delegates to the Republican state convention to, represent the city of Springfield, met at the court-house tonight. There wae a ticket distributed, printed on red paper, which was for Kennedy throughout, and another on white paper which represented all the candidates for Governor, and had names, for Beatty, Foraker and Kennedy;.-.' . '.V; A motion to nominate Judge James S. Goode for temporary chairman was voted down, and then Captain A. 8. BuahneU was chosen with but little opposition. Captain Bushnell nude quite a neat little speech, saying the spirit of the meet-' ing showed that so far as the people of this county ate concerned there is to be henceforth no more Democratic or - mugwump rule either in city, state or nation. He hoped the d elevates selected tonight would be pledged or committed to no one, but would be free to give Clarke her proper weight in the convention so that she might help' to nominate the ticket that would win. - - O. M. Service was made secretary. Colonel D. C. Putnam moved that the eight gentlemen receiving the highest number "of votes be delegates, and the next eight highest be alternates. . John O. Miller moved to amend so that each voter may vote for eight persons for delegate and- eight alternates, and that each man register his name before voting. . Putnam's motion was withdrawn and was in effect renewed by George Rawlins. George Frey moved that neither the . red, white nor any printed ticket' be accepted. . -. - Rawlins's amendment was adooted and Miller's motion, as amended, also adopted. Frey 's motion was hotly debated and carried. - J. S. Miles moved to instruct the delegates to be selected to cast an equal vote as far as possible for each candidate coming before the state convention, until it shall be seen that the solid vote of Clarke will nominate, and then cast- it solid. Tabled. Samuel Bowman moved that Miller's motion be reconsidered, so that the chair could appoint five men to select the delegates. Met by a storm of noes, and hooted down unanimously. J. K. Mower moved that the meeting adjourn to tomorrow evening, to give time for the preparation of ballots. Lost by a small preponderance of noes. Frank McGrew moved that the voting close at 11 o'clock. A scene of great confusion ensued with excited debate. Amos Whitely moved that the polls be kept open as long as there is continuous voting sad not to continue in any case beyond 1 o'clock. Carried. - John Foos moved that all preceding motions be rescinded and delegates appointed in open meeting by a rising vote. Carried. J. Warren Keifer. AaaS. Bushnell, . John Foos, Oliver 8. Kelly, Amos Whitely, T. J. Jewett, George C. Rawlins and W. J. White were by this process appointed uelegateav ... - - Of these eiaht three will probably be for Beany, three for Kennedy and two for Foraker, provided tney vote tneir inai-vidual Differences. The seven delegates selected some time ago to represent the country are also divided. On the whole it is safe to aay that Clarke county is pretty equally divided amongst the three leading candidates for Governor. . The alternates are also divided in sentiment. - The whole meeting tonight was lively, " noisy and excited, but good ' humored throughout. - i JUST BtFOBI TUB BATTLE. How the Work of Selecting Republican Delegates Woat Oa Y.sterday. Special to the Ohio State Journal. TJbbana, June 8. The Champaign Republicans had a large and enthusiastic convention today. Ex-S1eaker Cowgill was nominated for representative by acclamation. R. S. Pearce was renominated for treasurer, John P. Neer for commissioner and Randolph Tritt for infirmary director. W. J. Means. R J. Winder, James Williams, . V. Rhodes, George G. McCrea, John X. King, W. 8. Foster and J. H. Powell were elected delegates to the state convention. They were instructed for if tr, JLennedy. The Beaolt ia Clarke. Special to the Oulo State Journal. SrawGFiaxo, June 8. At the mass con vention held tonight to choose delegates to state convention Captain Bushnell was chosen chairman. There were two tickets put in the field, one mixed and one solid for Kennedy. The convention had a monkey and parrot time over whether these printed tickets should be allowed or not and finally decided to nominate the delegates and choose them by a rising vote. Xne following were chosen: wen- era! J. Warren Keifer, s Beatty man; Captain A. S. Bushnell, Foraker; John Foos, Foraker; O. S. Kelly, no choice; Amos Whitney, Foraker; I. J. Jewett. Kennedv ; Georee C. Rawlins. Kennedy ; Major W. J. White, Foraker. As alternates Messrs. Wallace,' Miller, Rightmyer, Hayward, Putnam, Buford, rry ana KaoDitts. resolutions ot svm- pathy for the family of Judge Littler, who died this morning, passed. A resolution also passed that Clarke county delegates shall so cast their vote as to treat ail can- , didates alike until the vote will elect a candidate. Of the other seven delegates previously ehosen, four are.believed to be for Kennedy, two for foraker and one tor .Beatty. , Bantltoa Solid for Foraker. Special to the Ohio State Journal. Cihcijjhati, June 8. Returns from nearly all the precincts in the city are in and there are a tew reports from the country. The indications are that the Hamilton county delegation will be nearly, if not quite, solid for Foraker, and - that its preference will be recorded with considerable enthusiasm. A few of those ' elected delegates take pains to say they are unpledged, but they belong to an ele- - ment . that ia not above ' being "persuaded." Preparations are afoot - to " take the Lincoln and" Blaine clubs to Springfield as organised bodies. A low round-trip fare has been secured, and there ia likely to be a large representation. Prominent among the delegates elected tonight are W. 8. Cap-peller, Clem Bates, Colonel Bob Harlan, B. F. Ehrman, Mike Gramp, L. L. Sadler, Dr. C. L. Armstrong-. Gus. Loewenstein. George Cox, William Keppler, B.S. Wyd-' man, Hal Garlich, City Treasurer Bohrer, Hon. S. S. Davis and T. C. Campbell. Campbell waa elected to represent four precincts, vis: Western Mill Creek, College Hill, Winton Place and Clifton. He received 164 votes to 49 for Richard Smith. Only fifteen votes were cast in Clifton. Far the Strangest Maa. . Special to the Ohio State Journal. . -- Saxdusxt, June 8. The delegates to Springfield from this county are R. E. Schuck, E.M.Colver, Q Atwster, J. C. Gilchrist, Samuel Fiah, W. C. De Witt and I. F. Mack. They are uninstructed but all friends of Beatty, but are all for the man considered the strongest. . An effort to chose outspoken Kennedy men failed. T - . .. :;,:!, DOWH THE VALLEY. Bulneaa K.Tl-rtng with th Furnace. Coal Trade Ooa.ral Xetee, Special to the Ohio State Journal. Gobs, O.. June 8. Business in this lo cality has commenced to revive with the resumption of the coal and iron-works. The Baud furnace is again in blast and is working very satisfactorily, making a fair quality of iron. This is the pioneer furnace of the valley, built in 1874 and 1875 by Samuel Baud, General Thomas and John G. Deehler of Columbus. The works are located three miles' from the Hocking V alley railroad, to which the roduct is hauled over a tram-road. The ocation is in a splendid mineral field, and the product of the furnace has always found ready sale. ' The furnace ana mine at tnis piace, owned by the Columbus and Hocking Coal and Iron company, are being put in shape to go into opera' ion at an early day. The furnace has undergone extensive repairs and will be put in blast some time next week. E. B. Greene, jr., late of the Winona Iron company, is superintendent of the f ornsce and C. D. Brown has charge of the mine. The Buchtel furnace, under the supervision of J. 11. Ferguson, which went in blast last March, is said to be making a better record than ever in the history of its workings. Fanny furnace at Shawnee is again in blast, which gives us three furnaces in operation in the valley, while Gore will make the fourth, out of twelve furnaces to be operated this year. The Democracy held their primaries Saturday, the event being a quiet one with no unusual interest mamtested. xne horde of hnnerv Democrats who are seek ing office in Hocking county this spring are greater in numbers than ever before and many must be disappointed. The Republicans bave a flattering prospect of electing some of their candidates this fall in Hocking if the right men are put in the field. ; Many of tne untemned are sick ot Democratic rule and claim that, instead of getting better times since Cleveland's election the times are getting worse, and that the good old Democratic times of old are fast dawning upon us, when low wages and a scarcity of work prevailed, trener- al Beatty is the choice of the Republicans of this locality for Governor and it is earnestly hoped he will receive the nomi nation. FBOM STRAITSVILLE. News ia th. Mining Bag-Ion About Weigh er What the Operators Want. Special to the Ohio State Journal. ' Nxw Strait vraxx, June 8. His Honor Mayor Spurrier has issued a proclamation to the citizens to put their premises in a sanitary condition and remove all nui sances and rubbish, for the warm weather is upon us. George Wilson, the miner who had his back broken ia the Rend mine, is not improving much. It can not be told yet what will be the result. David Davis of Coal port, secretary of tne salt-works in that section, was in town today. . K. Bines, tlie man who was elected cneck weigher at no. 3 mine, was pre vented, irom aoing so Dy tne company, but tne latter reconsidered - their action. and be is now at work. The Troy mine is working without a check weigher until Chief Mine Inspector Bancroft takes ac tion. The revival held in the M. E. church bv Mrs. R. E. A. Smith, the evangelist, has taken a new start, and more nave professed regeneration. The work does not seem to progress near so well as it did in Shawnee under the same administration, whatever the reason may be. A subscription is being made for the widow and children of our murdered marshal. Henry Auer. She has moved to Shawnee and is living with her parents. rion. Jonn Mctfride spoke to the miners here this evening. , 'lhe contractors who have leased the mines from the syndicate are of tne opinion that the miners sre so whipped that tney will do anything that they sug gest. An attempt is being made to have the entries driven on the per ton system. That is. to have their narrow work done for nothing, and give the men that are doing it all the cars they can load, independent of what the men in the rooms will get. Ihey are also opposed to the men holding meetings near the mine to elect time-keepers to divide the cars equal among all, but to their sorrow they find the men of btraitsville are worth a regi ment ot dead horses yet. Kohn Bros, who keep a large dry goods store here and other places, have dis solved partnership in the store here. TUB CHAMPION CITY". Death of Judge Littler Suicide of Bliss Moure head General Notes. Spbixgmeld, O., June S. Miss Ella .Moorehead of New Carlisle committed suicide by hanging . herself in- the barn this morning. She was 24 years of age and had a severe attack of scarlet fever some time ago, which ruined her health and rendered her life a burden to her. Judge Littler died this morning at bis residence on West Pleasant street. The judge was recently visited with a severe paralytic shock, from which he has never rallied, although it was believed at one time that he would recover. The death is extremely sad, coming as it does, right at the time of the state convention. The funeral will take place Wednesday afternoon, at the time ot the nrst session ot the convention. Judge fattier was born September 1. 1S20. in Winchester. Ya. When four years old he removed with his pareats to Greene county. O.. between Yellow Springs and Clifton, where he re sided until 1854. when he opened a law omce in epringneid. rte was elected to the General Assembly as the Know Noth ing candidate in 1S56. Iu 1858 he was elected probate judge of Clarke county. which office he held eleven years. He has served several terms in the Legislature, where he took rank as one of the most prominent members. He would without doubt have been re-elected this fall. : MUwiag Reed Good Candidate. Special to the Ohio titate Journal. Wilmington, o., Junes. There is no word as yet from Reed, the absconded treasurer, and no new developments in re gard to the mixed up affair. txon. Lieo w em. uiinton county's can didate for board of public works, came to this country in the year 1854, and set tled in Uhio. tie soon became noted ss the pioneer scientific landscape gardener of the West. He received calls to superintend work of that sort all over the state and also in adjoining states. He ha served for many years as a member ot the boards of the state horticultural and agricultural societies, and a few days ago was chosen treasurer of the state forestry association. He is worthy the position to which he aspires. :- A Star Discovered. Boston. June. 8. A cable message has been received at Harvard college ob servatory announcing the discovery of a planet by Dr. Palisa at Vienna. The planet ia of the twelfth magnitude. WITH WORDS THAT BURN. GEN. GRANT'S HISTORY OF HIS LIFE. Extracts trust HI Coming- Autobiography His Part ta th. War Th. Surrender f Lea Sam. Historical Error. Corrseted. - Naw Yoek, June 8. The Commercial Ad vertiser publishes nearly a page of extracts from General Grant's "Personal Memoirs,". which will be published within a few months. The first volume is completed and the second nearly so. The extracts given show the work to be written in terse and sturdy Anglo-Saxon, with here and there a touch of ouiet humor. The dedication is in a fac simile of the general's manuscript, and reads as follows: "These volumes sre dedicated to American soldiers and sailors. U. S. Gbabt." 'Xew York, May 23, 1885." He begins by saying that he is of Ameri can stock on both sides for many genera tions. He gives anecdotes of his boyhood. of his appointment to West Point through the influence of Hon. Thomas Morris, congressman from Ohio, tells the circumstances under which be hrst saw uenerai escott ana President Van Buren, contrasts the personal characters of Generals Scott and Taylor, gives a copy of his letter to Adjutant General . Thomas dated at Galena, 111., May 34, 18G1, offering his services to the United States and suggesting that he considered himself competent to take command of a regiment. This letter was never answered and it was for a long time lost among -the papers ot the war omce. speaking oi his first battle in the civil war he says: "As we approached the brow of the hill from which it was expected we could see Harris's camp, and possibly find his men -ready formed to meet us, my heart kept getting higher and higher, until it felt to me ss though it was in my throat. I would have giveu anything then to have been back in Illinois, bat I had not the moral courage to halt and consider what to do. I kept right on. When we reacbed a point from which the valley below was in full view, I halted. The place where Harris had been encamped a few days before was . still there, and the marks of a recent encampment were plainly visible, but the troops were gone. My heart resumed its place. It occurred to me at once that Harris had been as much afraid of me as I had been of him. This was a view of the question I had never taken before, Dut it was one l never forgot afterward. From that event to the close of the war I never experienced trepidation upon confronting an enemy." . He speaks of the battle of Fort Donnelson at some length. Speaking of the battle of Shiloh he says he considered the situation as one in which the federal forces were on the offensive, but asserts that no precautions for defense were neglected. On this subject he continues as follows: "General Beauregard was next in rank to Johnston and succeeded to the command, which he retained to the close of the battle and daring the subsequent retreat on Cor- lntn, as wen as in tne siege of tnat place. His tactics have been severely criticised by Confederate writers, but I do not believe nis fallen chief could have done any better under the circumstances. Some of these critics claim that Shiloh was won when Johnston fell and that if he -bad not fallen the army under me would have been annihilated or captured. 'Its' defeated the Confederates at Shiloh. There is little doubt that we should have been disgracefully braten 'if all the shells and bullets fired by us had passed harmlessly over the enemy and "if all of theirs had taken effect. Commanding generals aie liable to be killed daring engagements, and the fact that when he was shot Johnston was leading a brigade to induce it to make a charge which had been repeatedly ordered, is evidence that there was neither the uni versal demoralization on our side nor the unbounded confidence of theirs, which has been claimed. There was. in fact, no hour during the day when I doubted the eventual defeat of the enemy, although I was disappointed that reinforcements, so near at hand, did not arrive at an earlier hour." In this connection he refers to his article in the Century, and his remarks in it in regard to General A. McD. McCook which caused so much public comment. He tell, of the long march of the day hoftjre," over muddy roads, bv Genomt McUoot's division and of its "conspicuous acts of gallantry" oa the day ot the cattle, and concludes in these words: "I refer to these circumstances with minuteness because I did General McCook an injustice in my article in the Century, though not to the extent one would suppose from the public press. I am not willing to do any one an injustice, and if convinced that I have done one I am al ways willing to make the fullest admission." Then follows accounts of the siege and capture of Vicksborg, of his appointment as lieutenant general, and adds: "In my first interview with Mr. Lincoln alone he stated to me that he never professed to be a mili tary man or to know how campaigns should be conducted, and never wanted to interfere in them, but that procrastination on the part of commanders and the press- of the people at the North, and of Congress, which, like the poor, he had always with him, had forced him into issuing his well known series of 'Executive Orders.' He did not know but they were all wrong. and did not know that some of them were. All he wanted or bad ever wanted, he said, was that some one would take the resoon- sibility and act, and call on him for all the assistance needed." Describing his command of the division of the Mississippi, he tells how they went together to Louisville, and adds: "Soon after we started the secretary handed me two orders signed, that I could take mv choice of them. The two were identical in al 1 but one particular. Both created the mili tary division of the Mississippi, giving me the command composed of the departments of the Ohio, the Cumberland and the Ten nessee, and all the territory from the Alle-ghenies to the Mississippi river north of Banks's command in the Southwest. One order left the department commanders as they were, while the other relieved Eose-crans and assigned Thomas to his place. I accepted the latter." He says Secretary Stanton caught a cold on that trip from which he never recovered. He gives a graphic description of how Chattanooga was savea; ot now ne was sent for in baste by Secretary Stanton, whom he found "pacing the floor rapidly in about the garb Mr. Jefferson Davis was wearing subsequently when he was captured, a dressing gown, bat without the shawl and snnbonnet." General Grant adds: "He showed me the dispatch saying that the retreat must be. prevented. I immediately wrote an order assuming command of the military division of the Mississippi and telegraphed it to General Rosecrans. I then telegraphed him the order from Washington assigning to Thomas the command of the Army of tne Cumberland; and to Tbomas that he must hold Chattanooga at all hazards."He describes the Wilderness camoaiirn. and says that he was operating in a country with which his army was thoroughly familiar, while to the federal forces it was entirely uuaauwu. no Lena ox uenerai uee s surrender, and takes occasion in the course of it to explode the famoas story of the sur- renuer unaer tne apple tree, lie says tnat there was an apple orchard across the little valley from the court-house, one tree of which was close to the roadside; that General Babcock reported to him (Grant) that he had found General Lee sitting under this tree and had brought him within the federal lines to the house of a man named McLean, where the Confederate general and one of his staff were awaiting General Grant. Of their interview he says: . "When I went into the house I found General Lee. We greeted each other, and after shaking hands took our seats. What his feelings were I do not know, being a man of much dignity and with an impenetrable face. It waa impossible to say whether he felt inwardly glad that the end had finally come, or whether he felt sadly over the result and was too manly to show it. Whatever his feelings were tbey were entirely cenceaied from observation, but my own feelings, which had been quite apparent on the receipt of his letter, were sad and depressed. . I felt like anything rather than rejoicing at the downfall of a foe that had fought so long and gallantly and suffered so much for a cause which I believed to be one of the worst for which a people ever fought, and for which there waa not the least pretext. I do not question, however, the sincei ety of the great mass of those wbo were opposed to us. General Lee was dressed in full uniform.entirely new, and wearing a sword of considerable value, very likely the sword that had been presented by the State of Virginia. At all events it was an entirely different sword from the one that would ordinarily be worn in the field. In my rough traveling suit which was the uniform of a private with the straps of a general, I mast have contrasted very strangely with a man so handsomely dressed, six feet nigh and of faultless form, but this waa not a matter that I thought of until; afterward. General Lee and I soon fell into a conversation about old army times. He remarked that he remembered me very well in the old army, and I told him, ss a matter of course, I remembered him perfectly, but owing to the difference in years, there being snout sixteen years ainerence in our ages, and our rank, I thought it very likely I had not attracted his attention sufficiently to be remembered after such a long period. Our conversation grew so pleasant that I almost forgot the object of our meeting." WASHINGTON. j Garland's Opinion of Indian Postmasters. Washingtoh, June 8. Since the publication of the opinion of Attorney General Garland to the effect that Indians could not legally discharge the duties of postmasters quite a number of letters have been received at the Postoffice department from Indian postmasters, showing that the writers were men of good business ability, tendering theii resignations. Another phase of the question has been presented by communications to the department in behalf of white men who married Indian wives and were adopted into the different tribes of the Indian territory. They state that they have become members of those tribes and assisted in councils, and wish to know if they are affected by the attorney general's decision. The legal aspect of their esse is now under examination by ttrs department. " Ohio Personals. Dir. Norton of Tiffin played a very fine game on his Ohio friends here. He assured them he wanted nothing, but came simply to see about his son's progress at Annapolis. He will qualify as special treasury agent tomorrow. State Senator Elmer White of Defiance district is here. He has joined the ranks of the legion of seekers after Public Printer Round's place. . H. H. McFadden, of the Steubenville Gazette, is here looking after a few places for his friends. He says he wants nothing himself. A very lively fight between Cons tan tine and Newman is in progress over the internal revenue collectorship for the Eleventh district. Both candidates are confident.J. S. Anthony was today appointed postmaster at Fort Recovery, Mercer county, .vice F. Scherd, resigned. The salary of the office is $735. The Monument Damaged by Iilghtnlng. - Washington, June 8. An examination of the Washington monument this morning confirms the report that the capstone had been shattered by lightning. A break was made by the lightning on the northeast corner of the capstone, and four fragments fell to the ground, where they were found to-day, nearly forty feet from the base of the monument. The engineer in charge is spending the day at the top of the shaft, carefully inspecting the injury to the stone. To repair the damage will require the resetting of several stones. The Civil Service Cranks. Washington, June 8. Everett P. Wheeler and Frederick Whitridge of New York, counsel of the National Civil Service league, have written to the postmaster general requesting the removal of certain postmasters in different parts of the country for violation of sections 11 and 12 of the civil service law. These sections forbid solicitation of political subscriptions in federal offices. The letter is accompanied by affidavits supporting the allegations, which will be investigated. Capital Notes. The President today received the members of the Iowa educational association. General W. S. Rosecrans, the recently appointed register of the treasury, assumed the duties of that office Monday morning. The secretary of state has received a CHs- patch from -the consul general at London, saying there is no foundation for the rumor of an outbreak of cholera in England. - ue of standard silver dollars from mints during the week ended June 6 $476,987. The issue durine the corre sponding period of last year was $187,527. The leading delegates of the convention of charities and correction called at the White-house Monday and paid their respeots to misi uieveiana. xney were presented oy Miss Phoebe Cozzens. The secretary of the treasury has been in formed that Aufdemorte, tbe defaulting officer at the sub-treasury at New Orleans, has fled to Mexico, where he is interested in some mines. Secretary Whitney received a telegram Monday morning announcing the death of Commander Lewis Clark, commanding the United States steamshio Alliance at Key West, yesterday. , The Alliance was at once ordered by telegraph to proceed to New York with the remains of Commander Clark. There were no particulars of his death given. . AN IMPORTANT DECISION. Comptroller Durham's Views oa Ceitaia State Debts Dae th. OoT.rnment. Washington, June 8. Comptroller Durham has just rendered an important decision as to whether a debt due to toe State of Mississippi by the government shall be paid, or applied as a credit against direct taxes certified as due from said state by a former comptroller. Comptroller Taylor certified that the di-rect taxes apportioned by the act of 1861 were due from the state, the greater portion of these remain unpaid, and the state stands charged with them on the books of tbe department. Under this certih cate there is now due to the state on account of commissions on the net proceeds of sales of public lands therein au amount less than . the bal ance of taxes unpaid and charged as stated. Section 1766 of the Revised Statutes requires the accounting officers to withold payment from any person who is in arrears to the government and to make a set off. Two questions arise, One is, is the state ia its corporate capacity indebted to the United States on account of the direct taxes? second, if not, how far is the present comp troller oouna ny tne certificate oi comptroller Taylor iu applying the provisions of section 1766 of the Revised Statutes? Comptroller Durham holds that under the Constitution the direct taxes were assessed against the citizens of the state and not against the state, and hence were not an indebtedness of the state in the corporate capacity, but that tbe certificate of a former comptroller is under section lai Kevised statutes and Supreme court decisions, binding upon a successor and subject to revision only by Congress or tbe courts, ile decides therefore to withhold final action upon the matter until the attention of Congress can be called to the same, which will be done in his next annual report to the secretary of the treasury. The principle involved in the case affects a good many of the states and to a very considerable amount. CHARITIES AND CORRECTION. Concluding Session of That Body at Wash lngtou The Next Meeting to ba Held ia St. Paul. Washington, June ,8. The order of business for the national conference of charities and corrections this forenoon was the report of the committee on provision for the insane, with papers and dis cussions. Tbe report was read by' Dr, Chapin, chairman of the committee. He rapidly stated the progress of public sen timent in the last fifty years in the treatment of the insane. Of the 92,000 insane persons in the United states, be said 43. 000 were not in asylums. He set forth the advantages to be expected from the supervision of asylums by state boards of charities in the repression of abuses and the adoption of improved methods of treatment, and he described the evils which sometimes resulted from loose forms of commitment. He commended the establishment of a training school at Buffalo for hospital attendants, and the extension of : state civil service rules to the section of attendants and medical officers. Many asylums were smbarrasaed by frequent changes in the personnel of its management, some of which changes were of a political nature. Such asylums were deprived of the benefits of accumulated experience. . Dr. Vivian of Wisconsin read a paper upon the provision for chronic insane. He described the advantage of the Wisconsin system of treatment, which consisted of Washington county asylums, subject to the supervision of state boards, wherein chronic cases were cared for, while those whose insanity was acute, or susceptible to remedial treatment, were cared for at the state institution. The remainder of tbe morning session was devoted to discussion. During the afternoon session the dis cussion of the morning relative to the care of insane was continued and several interesting papers were read by authorities upon the matter. St. Paul was selected as the place of the next meeting. PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS. A Little More of the Political Balm ot OU.ad (or Famishing Democracy. Washington, June 8. The President today appointed the following named presidential postmasters: E. P. Rutherford at Clarksville, Tex., vice H. S. Sanderson, resigned; Martin V. Daggett at Tuscola, I1L, vice H. R. Ingraham; Charles H. Adams at Allegan, Mich., vice George R. Stone, resigned. William Bennett at Long Branch, N. J., vice Matthias Woolley, resigned ; Bern. F. Louthair at Loeansoort. Ind.. vice E. N. Talbott, re signed; James V. Ward at Cherokee, Io., vice K. M. smith, resigned; is. ttoss at Uobden. Ill- vice L. T. Lmnell. omce be coming presidential; Edwin W. Col lis at Martinsville, lnd., vice James E. Bain, suspended. Also, the following: To be United States marshals Edward M. Bay ton, for the district of South Carolina ; Robert S. Kelly, for the Territory of Montana; Thomas Jenerson Uarr, tor the Territory Wyoming; Komulo Martinez, for the Territory of New Mexico. To be United States attorneys John Eahlett Gibson, for the Eastern division of V irgima ; jub-tavus Van Hoorf eke, for the Southern district of Illinois; Anthony G. Campbell, for the Territory of Wyoming. WHAT VILAS SAYS. He Denies the Allefd Strike of Postal Clerks a. Reported. Washington, June 8. Postmaster Gen eral Vilas denied that he had sent a dispatch to Chicago touching the threatened strike among the railway postal clerks as has been stated in Chicago. He says that there need be no apprehensions of a strike among the railway mail service employes. it was possible that a tew clerks who felt that from their inefficiency they had no chance of remaining in the service had endeavored to effect a combination among the older and more efficient men, but they had failed in their attempt. The official postal guide for May contains a notice of the signature of the postmaster general that efficient and honest railway clerks who have not turned their attention to 'political labors during their service need have no fear of being disturbed in office. That declaration in regard to postal clerks and their retention, said the postmaster general, has neyer been de parted from in a single instance, l De- lievei - NEWARK MACHINE COMPANY. Whether They Shall R.movo to Colombo. Permanently to bo Decided by the Court City Fathers too Previous. Special to the Ohio State Journal. Newark, O., June 8. Quite a little breeze was stirred up here today in connection with the Bewark Machine company's removal to Columbus so long in controversy. Some considerable talk has been indulged in on the part of councilmen and others here about enjoining the machine com pany from manufacturing in Columbus on tbe ground that they were under contract to manufacture iu this city. So to bring this and other matters to a focus President Appleman sent over a gang of men yesterday from Columbus with instructions to take down one of their old buildings, load it on the cars and bring it to Columbus, presuming ofeourse that an injunction would be served. o about 11 o'clock a member of the council went down and ordered the men to stop work, but the foreman declined to recog nize his authority, whereupon the mayor went down and ordered the work stopped, but the foreman wanted due process of law observed and proceeded with his work. Meanwhile Mr. Appleman, at Co lumbus, had been notified and came over on the noon train and insisted on having an injunction served on him, which was done, service acknowledged, and the case set for hearing on the 17th. The matter was very amicably managed and without ill feeling,but the zeal of the city officials to retain the Newark Machine company here has probably outstripped their discretion. because in serving the inj unction they have put in peril a suit now pending, in wdich the citv is plaintiff and three or tour in surance companies defendants, the latter carrying policies on the burned establishment, and - to force the payment - of which to the city under the terms of a martgage on the works in favor of the city, suit was brought. But it will be shown in the in junction trial that the consideration of the mortgage was i and that this consideration has been discharged and the city is no longer a creditor of the concern and therefore has no rights upon which a suit can ba brought to recover from the insurance companies. The amount involved is some $20,000, and the city fathers are more or less sore, resident Appieman said they owed the city $9000 and would give their check for it at any time and take the property, and if at any time they decided- to come back to Newark would do so without a bonus from anybody and put up their own monev tor a new plant, This virtually settles the return to New ark. Columbus takes the concern for good. A Settlement Still Par Off. Pittsbubg, June 8. The sheet department of Phillips, Nimick & Co.'s Sligo iron-works started up non-union this morning, all the old men but one return ing to work. It is understood that the Amalgamated scale of wages will be paid. The jlitna works of Spang, Chalfant & Co. was also expected to resume, but enough men could not be obtained and the furnaces are still cold. The stiike one week old today, and a settlement seems further off than when the mills closed down. Eleven firms in this district and two outside of Pittsburg have signed the scale, and one mill is running partly non-union. The others are idle, with no indications of an early resump tion. A Shower of Tramps. fE Centealia, 111., June 8. For a week or so a number of tramps have been at work picking berries here. As usual at this season, some of - them, more saving than others, had kept the money earned, Yesterday the industrious members of the fraternity were cornered by their fellow- tramps, who with oaths and threats se cured all the money in tne crowd, a teamster named Myers waa also robbed of $350. A number of the tramps have been arrested, and the city jail is full to over flowing. Sadd.a Death of a Dayton Pioneer. Dayton. Jun3 8. Mrs. Mary A. Win ters, wife of Rev. David Winters. D. D. died suddenly today of old age. Her hus band died about four weeks azo. Mrs. Winters was 83 years of age. The couple were pioneers of this valley and were known throughout the state. Secretary Bayard Make, an Address. Lawbsnce. Kas.. June 8. Secretary of State Bayard tonight delivered the annual address before the literary societies of State universary .on the subject "Individuality." He was given a banquet by the citisens afterward. ACROSS THE BLUE SEA. RIPPLING IN THE TROUBLED WATERS. The English. Ministry Reaches Another Crisis More Rumors of Great Things Coming General Notes. ENGLAND. London, June 8. Mr. Alexander Del- mar, formerly chief of the bureau of sta tistics in the Treasury department of the United States, in an interview which appears this evening in the Pall Mall Ga-zett, states that he is confident that the next Congress will repeal the act authorizing the coinage of the standard silver dollar. Mr. Henry Labouchere. Radical, this afternoon, in the House of Commons. gave notice of bis intention to oppose the proposed parliamentary grant of $30,000 per annum as a dowry to Princess Bea trice on the occasion of her marriage. .Right Hon. William Ji. -Jb orster. .Lib eral, gave notice of his intention to intro duce a motion opposing the imposition. as proposed in the budget, of a stamp duty on colonial and foreign securities. payable to bearer. Mr. tshiiders, chancellor ot the excheq uer, announced that the government had decided not to refund to the taxpayers the amount of the increased duty on spirits paid over and above the extra shilling per gallon finally-decided on, because consumers had been charged higher rates after the announcement of the original increase. The government would, however, Mr. Childers added, cause an inquiry to be made to ascertain if there existed sufficient reason to modify this decision. Lord Edmund Fitzgerald, under secre tary of foreign affairs, announced that the government had received a communication from the Spanish government of such nature that it induced the hone that ne gotiations would be resumed for a com mercial treaty between the two nations. The fall Mail uazeue contains an arti cle which is apparently inspired by M. Lessar, of the Russian section of the Af ghan boundary commission. The article admits that the "statement" of the mat ters in dispute with Russia is still un signed, and attributes the present delay to the hair-splitting or Quibbling of hart Granville. The article, in tones more in anger than firmness, warns the earl not to carry his dilatory game too far; it might become dangerous. Mr. (Jbilders moved the second readme of the budget. Sir Charles Dilke supported the budget. Sir Stafford North-cote and others having spoken Mr. Gladstone arose to reply. He thought that the opposition were creating a precedent which they would regret when they came into power again. The previous reduction of wine duties had a beneficial effect in preventing adulteration and increasing the trade many millions annually. It would be most impolitic to increase the wine duty unless under the most extreme pressure the government were compelled to raise money in view of the impending danger to the empire, a danger which even-now he wad unable to say had passed away. The opposition cavilled at the mode of raising money without suggesting a remedy. The government had to choose between alcoholic liquors and tea and sugar. They would accept the issue of the vote as one of life or death and did not envy those who, if they gained a victory, would have to bear the consequences. Mr. Gladstone's re marks were received with prolonged cheers. The government was de feated on the second reading, the budget being rejected 264 to 252. When the result of the division - waa an nounced Mr. Gladstone, who bad been leaning forward in his seat and cynically smiling, started, turned pale and clutched his hands nervously together. The house immediately became a babel of confusion, members yelling, stamping and waving hats, neckties and handkerchiefs. A tu multuous cheer came from tbe eallenes. and Speaker Peel vainly howled for order. The Parnellites pointed at Gladstone and yelled, "That is the friend of coercion 1" Down with .Buckshot orster!" "Re member Myles Joyce 1" Mr. Gladstone arose to move an adjournment, but stood in his place fully a minute before he could be heard. The Daily Telegraph says it is doubtful whether the Conservatives will accept office. The News s editorial says it is impossi ble to forecast the consequences of the vote. The ministry will probably resign and the opposition take possession of the government. We do not suppose even the Conservative leaders will seek to undo what has been done on the Afghan question.The Post says there is no indication as to what the policy of the Conservatives will be. INDIA. Calcutta. June 8. Dispatches con tinue to be received here about the earth quake in the Vale of Cashmere. Whole villaees have been destroyed and Dub- good, Jamalapar and Ovan have disap peared entirely, having been completely engulfed in the awful convulsions. During the continuance of the shocks, a sulphurous dust was sent forth, impregnating the atmosphere. At the same time vol umes of hot water issued from the great fissures made in the earth. The fort at Guralo, and the granaries in many parts of the vale have been swallowed up. A large supply of rice and a considerable amount of money have been distributed throughout tbe Vale of Cashmere, to re lieve tbe distress of the people. It is estimated that two hundred persons were killed. Bit. Vernon Notes. ' Special to the Ohio State Journal. Mt. Yekkok, O., June 8. Mrs. Gugen- heim of West Gambier street, who was poisoned last week by eating canned to matoes, has fully recovered. Society is on the qui vive over the ap proaching marriage of Mr. H. L. Curtis to Miss Elinor Shaw, which occurs at noon Wednesday, June 10, in St. faul's church. C. W. Van Akin of this city, dealer in hats, caps, boots, shoes, furs, etc, made an assignment Saturday evening last, with liabilities of $8000 and assets which will pay 50 cents on the dollar. D. C. Mont gomery and A. II. Mclntire are assignees. The High school commencement will take place Thursday evening, June 11, in Woodward opera-house. There are nine eraduates. The second annual re union of the High school alumni will be beld in the High school building on Fri day evenine. j une vs. An effort is being made to establish county stock sales here, and the project is being favorably received. It is probable that the county commissioners will avail themselves of the law which provides that any county without a work-house may make arrangements with the officials of the work-house in any other county to receive their prisoners. The Gambier base-ball nine defeated the Mt, Vernon team after a hard battle on Saturday. John Hoagland committed suicide at Gann. eighteen miles east of Mt. Vernon on Sunday last by cutting his throat. He had a leg broken last winter, which in duced despondency. Decision in th. Famous Archbishop Par. eeU Case. Cincinnati, June 8. The Circuit court today decided the case of J. B. Mannix assignee of Archbishop Purcell, against Bishop W. H. Elder and others, a suit to subject the church property to the payment of the debts of the archbishop The District court which first heard the case, held that Purcell was merely a trustee, and that the church property so held by him in trust waa not subject to the payment of - his debts, but it waa held tbat where any depositor's money could be traced into any particular church, that pronertv could be held for its payment The case was before the Circuit court on a motion to vacate the judgment of the District court. Motion refused. THE REFUNDING LAWS. Senator W. H. Bted Baplies to th. Inter. view of Representative Alloa O. Hjirf Some Interesting Statements. Special to the Ohio State Journal. Chillicothb, Jnne 8. Meeting Sen ator W. H. Reed today, and calling his attention to an article in a Columbus Sunday paper, containing some allusions to himself and the refunding bill passed by the last General Assembly, in answer to some questions asked him he said : "I have not in my possession a copy of the original bill that was introduced in the House, but I am quite certain that not' a single word was added or taken from that bill which would alter ' the meaning of the same. The bill simply gave tbe sinking fund commissioners power, with the approval of the Governor, to issue new bonds and exchange the same for those due in 1886, and make the new bonds payable at any time before the year 1917. The Senate finance committee, of which I was a member, was unanimously of the opinion, which was concurred in without a dissent ing vote, as I now recollect, by the Senate, that the power to issue and sell in due form ot law tor tbe purpose ot providing funds to pay the debt when tbe same be came due, after advertising the same in the manner provided for by section 241 of the Revised Statutes, ought 'also to be given the sinking fund commissioners, because they might not be able to effect an exchange on advantageous terms to the state. The Senate, at my instance, insisted that the debt should be paid not later that the year 1896, for the reason tbat the people would be abundantly able to do bo without oppressing them beginning after our present bonded indebtedness was liquidated, the last payment of which is due July 1, 1888. But the author of the House bill, for reasons best known to himself and those who were to be bene fited by long-time bonds, would not listen to having the year 1896 substituted for the year 1917, and if the conference committee is to be believed (I was not on the committee), either the author of the bill expressed himself satisfied with the amendments, with the exception named. It is charged tbat State Auditor Kiesewetter was instrumental iu having the House bill amended. Every word of this charge is a lie, of whole cloth, having no foundation whatever, as he was never consulted by me at any time with regard to the amendments, except tbat after the author of the bill insisted on striking out the figures 1896 and reinserting the figures 1917, I called on the auditor and stated to him I would agree to the amendment if he would assure me that the bonds should be made payable not - later than the year 1896, and he assured me he would not consent to a longer time. Let me again eay to the taxpayers that tbe law was passed in its present shape, because we bad confidence in the sinking fund commissioners and the Governor, believing that they were honest men, and that tbey were neither ignoramuses nor damned rascals, and if it is a fact that they bave betrayed their trusts and the people s interest, it is no fault of the law and it is the people's duty to see that swift punishment is meeted out to them." "What have you done to the editor of the Capital and Allen O. Myers to cause them to pitch into you on all occasions?" 'Well, you see l don't run with tbe crowd that is up to all kinds of jobs, and especially those whose object is to rob a people ot a city ot the right ot elective franchise and put the offices in the hands of a lot of bummers whose whole cry is spoils, spoils, and to hell with the people and their rights. And as for Allen, I think he is an honest man pecuniarily, and would be willing to do right generally ; ia -eatirely too- impulsive and has no balance wheel in or about mm, and won't let his best friends advise or control him. He was constantly getting out of humor with me because the Senate, at my instance, would insert some amend ments in nearly every Din or resolution he offered and was passed by the House. Then he would rear and pitch around awhile about the matter, but finally, I be lieve, in every instance but one. when his better sense predominated, be would agree that tbey were necessary to perfect the legislation he sought to have passed." A FIRE AMONG THE INSANE. Destruction of a Portion of the Eastern Virginia Lunatic Asylum On. Patient Darned. WlIXIAMSBUHG, rA., JuhB 8. At 12 o'clock last night a fire broke out in tbe sight wing of the center building of the Eastern Lunatic asylum here, and before it could be got under control everything was destroyed. The buildings burned comprise the original ones of the institu tion and were erected over one hundred years ago. There were two hundred female patients in the burned buildings, but an ot them were rescued, except one, Miss Smith of Spottsylvania county, who l. .. n A A .... . I. A nAl.AM w. r. . WOO UUIUOU W UIU AUUH1V1 JlllUCUh Mrs. Jeffries, after being brought out of the building, wandered away and was found this morning drowned in a creek near by. All the female patients were taken to William and Mary college, where tbey were temporarily cared for. The other wards contained nearly 300 male patients- These wards were quickly emptied and the unfortunates were turned loose but did not wander off. being generally tractable. When it was found that the fire was getting beyond control aid was telegraphed for from Richmond and a steamer reached here from that city at about 3 o'clock this morning, but the fire had then done its worst. The Rich mond firemen, however, went to work and did good serviced None of the male wards were burned, they being located in baildinm partly disconnected from those destroyed and a strong wind blowing from them. The total loss is estimated at from $120,000 $140,000. insurance about $10,000. The fire is believed to have resulted from some trouble with the electric-light wires, as it was first discovered where tbe wires entered the right wing of the building. DELAWARE NEWS. What Is Goiug On In That Town Prepar ing for Commencement. Special to the Ohio Slate Journal. Delaware, O., June 8. The seniors have engaged the Fostoria band for the promenade concert. T. F. Haynie has bought out the Cres cent restaurant and will soon have a first class ice-cream saloon in Delaware. A. L. Banker, '86, who has been at home sick, returned today. The boys are rejoicing over the few recitations yet to be endured. The men began this morning to cut the grass upon the campus. This will take about five days, and by commencement day tbe grounds will be beautifuL The platform and raised seats for the Euterpean concert are to be put up this week, xne piano is now oeing re-iuoea. The annual catalogue is out, having been received by Piofessor drove on Saturday. What's th. Blatter Down In Pickaway ? Special to the Ohio State Journal. Circlkville, O., June 8. Mrs. Urger, living two miles north of East Ringgold, prepared sapper last evening for the fam ily. None drank of tbe coffee made but herself. In a few minutes she was suffer- insr terribly.' Dr. Ashbrook was called who administered remedies. Mrs. Urger was resting some easier tbis aiternoon, The supposition is tbat poison was put in the spout of the vessel. Mrs. Urger using first, received au overdose, possibly saving her life. Great excitement prevails in tbe neighborhood, and coffee is tabooed, since things mysterious seem to haunt the neighborhood. .-..?," More Indictments Against Fish and Ward. New Yoek, June 8. Two more indict ments were found by the grand jury today against Ferdinand Ward and James D. Fish, charging, them with grand larceny in tbe first degree. Ward was arraigned in the Court of Oyer and Terminer today. He pleaded not guilty to the Indictments, with leave to withdraw his plea . and demurrer. The indictments charge the theft of $190,000 from the Marine National bank against them. The larceny is alleged to have been committed on April 17. One indictment is for $80,-000 and the other for $110,M0. The district attorney moved that Ward be taken from Ludlow Street jail and incarcerated in the Tombs prison. This was opposed by Ward's counsel. Judge Barrett decided to allow Ward to remain in Ludlow Street jail until his trial was begun. THE WKATHEIk Indications for Tennessee and the Ohio Valley Fair weather, preceded in Tennessee by local rains, cooler weather ia Tennessee, stationary. followed by slowly ruing temperatare la Ohio valley, winds becoming variable, rislag barometer.Upper Mississippi Valler-Falr weather, warmer in the northern portion, followed by rising temperature in southern portion, variable winds, shifting to southerly, falling, preceded in southern portion by rising barometer. Miasourl Valley Fair weather, followed by local rains, winds (hitting soutaerly, genenUljr warmer, falling barometer. Lower Lake Fair weather, westerly winds, sta tionary, followed by slight rtse In tempemture, rising barometer. Local Obierratloai. Taken at the U. 8. Signal Office, Columbus. O., Monday, Junes, 188 i: - Time. I :28 a m.l 28.919 19.006 29 091 X9.177 29.749 29 752 29.881 29.924 30 GU7 69 S7.8 60.7 64.8 66.8 NW NW NW N K 10 Cloudy 18 Fair it Cloudy 10 Cloudy 4 Clear 10:ZS a m.. 2:28 p. m.. 6:l o. m . 10: a p. m.. Maximum temeeratnra. 81.4: alnlnna Mmnjn-. sture, 5i.6; mem dully lemuerature 61.7; cloudiness, 6.7; average dlre-tlon of wind, northwest; avenge (tale al weather, fair: veriplUUon, .10. r. i. una i tax, Private, Slanal Corps, U. S. A. SPORTING MATTER8. The Brooklyns Shut Oat Morris a Panl.r to the Big Slng-gsrs. Special to the Ohio State Journal. ' Bbookltn, June 8. Morris proved too many for the home team today, his de livery under the change in the rules being ore effective than ever. The Brooklyns ' were utterly unable to do anything with the willow. fcKuehne scored the first run on a tbree-baee hit and an error by Pintk-ney. The run in tbe eighth inning was earned on hits by Fields, Kemmler and Smith. Both teams fielded well, Smith once more walking off with the honors. Attendance 3000. The score follows : BBOOKLYMS. McC'ellan, 8b....., Plnckney. 2b a. 1 0 - 0 0 o 0 1 0 0 r. l 8 1 10 8 S 2 1 0 a. l 2 0 1 1 e o u Canldy, r. 1... arcic, i o. Hmith, s. ............ Hoi. Hug, c. !......-. Swartwood, 1. !.... nayes, c. ... rorier, p.. Totals.. t 24 14 ALLBQUBKYS. Smith, 2b ... Whitney, s. s B. 0 r. 1 0 1 0 t 10 7 0 a. 1 e o e 2 1 M'lier, i. r Manu, c. f ...... ........ Kuehne, 8b.... Brown, r. f... ........... neia, id.. Kemmler, c.......... Morria, p.........., Totals 2 7 27 18 fnnlne. 128466789 00008000 99 01000001 9-2 Biooklyns.... AiugQenys...... Karued runs A'leehenva 1. Two-base hit Whitney. 'Ihree-bam hit Kuehne. Famed balls Kemmler Fir-t ba-e on balls Btwklyns 2, Allegbeueys 1. First base on errors -Brooalyus 1, nucKDeuja a. IKIUIUO play BSUU STHrXTelg. Umpire ValenULe. Sport at St. Lenta, St. Locis. June 8. First race, one and one-eighth miles Buchanan won, Leman second, Boatman third. Time 1 :57. second race, for two-vear-old r-olta Ban fox won. Blue Wina second. Kins- of Norfolk third. Time 1:161. Third race, one and a Quarter miles Kosciusko won. Swinev second. Isaac Murphy third. Time 2:10. fourth race, three-anarter-mile heats Mary Hamilton won, Keokuk secondr Dudley Uaks third. Time 1:18. Al Robertson ran aminst a rail in the first heat and tore his shoulder so that he was shot. Fifth race Hacarus won. Taxsatherer second, Whizgig third. Base-Ball. . At Baltimore Cincinnati 6. Balti more 4. At Philadelphia St, Louis 14. Athletics 11. At aew York Louisville 0. Metropoli tan 4. At Brooklyn Pittsburg 2, Brooklyn 0. At Chicago Chicago 9. Sc. Louis 8 ten innings. At Buffalo Detroit 11, Buffalo 5. At Providence Providence 1. Phila delphia 0. THE ELEMENTS ON A RAMPAGE. o. Tnn.... t o i i thunderstorm passed over this section last evening, causing considerable damage. The wind and lightning were terrific. A house in the east end of tbe city, occupied by a family named Ryan, was struck by lightning, which entered through the chimney, and passed through the room where Mrs. Ryan was sitting, striking and instantly killing her. A man named Stetson waa knocked down in the street and severely injured. Great Destruction by Wind and Water at Varioa. Points. Baltimore, June 8. A special from Woodstock, Va., says: A hurricane, accompanied by a waterspout, strut-it this place at C:45 last night, unroofing the Methodist church and blowing-down fences and trees. The streets were flooded by the rain. No such storm has been known here in the memory of the oldest citizen. At least 510,000 damage was done in the town. Houses Unreeled. Chicago, June 8. The Journal's Peoria, 111., special says a terrific windstorm Eassed over Marshall county last night. Louses were unroofed and trees uprooted. FIRE' RECORD. A Towa W.arly Dastroy.d by Firs). Norfolk, Va., June 8. The Public Ledger has the following details of the fire at Suffolk : The fire broke out shortly after 11 o'clock last' night on tbe sooth side of Washington square, and, spreading rapidly east, west and north, swept both sides of Washington square, the main business street of the town, leaving only three houses standing. It also extended for some distance on both sides of Kilhy street, and down the west side of Main street. The individual loasea were small but the total will be over $300,000. Los. aso.ooo. Providence, June 8. At 3 o'clock this morning the buildings in East Providence owned by the Ruinford cnemicai-works and in part occupied by Smith dt Collins, dyers, were entirely consumed by fire. Loss $50,000 to the chemical-works company, and $10,000 to Smith A Collins. Th. Scal.Shrnod. Cleveland, June 8. The workmen at the Union rolling-mill, the only one in this city which is controlled bv the Amalgamated association, had a meeting this afternoon. A committee was appointed to wait upon the directors who had requested an interview. The men were cordially received and the scale signed. The tires will be lighted tomorrow morning. Three hundred and fifty men are employed here. They have been out one week, i v Death ot Dr. ttssaits, Atlartic Highlands, N. J.. June 8. Rev. Daniel Dennison Wheedon, D. D., Quarterly Review, died here this morning f R-.trt nVlook.